Tubular lantern



(No Model.)

R. HERMANCE.

TUBULAR LANTBRN Patented June 4, 1889..

' 5mm/wm, ogefwfnm, Zak

554g ltima/w12 m,

- ervoir is filled.

A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT I-IERMANCE, OF SCHUYLERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,538, dated June 4,1889.

Serial No. 279,823. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT HERMANCE, a citizen of t-he United States,residing at Schu ylersville, in the county of Saratoga and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TubularLanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective View of my improved tubularlantern, and Fig. 2 a side elevation showing the supporting-.yokeelevated in dotted lines.

The present invention has relation to certain newand useful improvementsin tubular lanterns; and the object thereof is to provide such a lanternas will be simple in construction and capable of manufacture at acomparatively small cost, so as to bring it within the reach of all; andit consists in the d etails of construction substantially as shown inthe drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the reservoir of the lanternfor containing the oil, and it is provided with a feeder B, having ascrew-cap a, through which the res- The feeder, as will be noticed, isplaced on the side of the reservoir, so that the latter can be filledwithout removing the globe. The lantern is provided with the usual tubesC, extending horizontally from the reservoir and communicating with theupright tubes D, which in turn communicate with the horizontal tube E,and depending therefrom is a short tube F, to which is connected thestationary dome G,

the tube E having attached thereto the wire bail H.

The several parts as above described may be variously modified orchanged in construction without departing from the principle of myinvention.

The globe-rest I is provided with a guide J, preferably constructed ofwire, so that when the globe K is raised and afterward lowered thedevice J will guide it down to its place 011 the rest. It is .also ofvalue to prevent the globe from being jarred 0E the rest.

To the wire guard L is connected in any suitable manner a wire yoke M,retained in a raised or lowered position by a spring-actuating device.The most preferable manner of connecting the yoke to the guard L is byforming an eye at one end of the wire by bending it around the wireforming the guard, and coiling the opposite end of the wire yoke aroundthe wire guard, as shown at b. The extremity of the wire coil terminatesin a finger c, which bears against a flat spring N, secured at one endto one of the upright tubes D. Although I considerthe construction shownthe most desirable form of a spring-actuating device, it is evident anyform of spring device may be substituted that will act on the wire yoketo retain it in a raised or lowered position.

The wire guard, which is fastened to the tubes D, forms a pivot for theyoke M, and when it is desired to remove the globe the yoke M is raised,as shown in dotted lines, and held in suchposition by the springhereinbefore described, when the globe can be conveniently removed. Thenthe globe is placed back in position, the yoke -is turned down, as shownin full lines, the spring retaining it in the position placed, the guardor support L, in connection with the yoke M, securely holding'the globein an upright position' on the rest I.

Having now fully. described my invention,

vwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the globe of a lantern, of the restI and theguide J, connected at one end to the top of said rest, with the otherend inclined toward the center of the rest, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. In a lantern, the combination, with the globe-rest thereof, of a wireattached at one end to the top of said rest near its periphery, andcomprising a substantially vertical portion forming a stop and a radialportion forming a guide and extending toward the center of the rest,substantially as shown and described.

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8. In a lantern, the combination, with the tion, substantially as andfor the purpose set Io guard L, of the pvoted yoke M, terminating forth.

in L finger or bearing extension, and the In. testimony that I Claim the`above Ilmve Spring N, substantially as and for the purpose hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence specified. of two Witnesses.

4. In in lantern, the combination, with a ROBERT IIERMANCE. guard forthe globe and L5/'oke pivoted there- IVtnGSSeS: to, of :L spring bearingupon the end of the JAMES D. MOTT, yoke to retain it iu n raised o1'lowered posi- A. L. IIERMANCE.

